Wireless Connection

My XPS 15 laptop can only connect to my router when the network is unhidden.
I prefer to keep it hidden for security purposes. Is there a workaround
this please?

Tony

Are you referring to the SSID?

"Brian K" wrote in message
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Are you referring to the SSID?


Yes. I prefer to keep it hidden.

I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few
years.

On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, Brian K wrote:
I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few
years.

I know my wireless only broadcasts around 75' outside the house. (With WPA2 also)

"Bob_Villa" wrote in message
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On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, Brian K wrote:
I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one
is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few
years.

I know my wireless only broadcasts around 75' outside the house. (With
WPA2 also)

Thank you both for that reassurance. I'll stop hiding my SSID.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K"
wrote:

I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few
years.



In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree.
Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software
to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to
do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the
effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the
decryption.

"RnR" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K"
wrote:

I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security.
No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a
few
years.

In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree.
Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software
to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to
do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the
effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the
decryption.

I don't know if you have heard this before, but there was a hackers
convention years ago in Las Vegas (or was it in Phoenix?), that hackers
logged in on a stock WiFi for a new record of being 52 miles (50
something anyway) away. Later I heard newer records being hundreds of
miles away. Now where are these guys when I setup my WiFi? As I have a
hard time pulling in mine just 600 feet away. lol

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:58:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:


"RnR" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K"
wrote:

I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security.
No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a
few
years.

In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree.
Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software
to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to
do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the
effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the
decryption.

I don't know if you have heard this before, but there was a hackers
convention years ago in Las Vegas (or was it in Phoenix?), that hackers
logged in on a stock WiFi for a new record of being 52 miles (50
something anyway) away. Later I heard newer records being hundreds of
miles away. Now where are these guys when I setup my WiFi? As I have a
hard time pulling in mine just 600 feet away. lol


No Bill, hadn't heard of that but I have seen and heard of antennas
that supposedly can pull in the signal from a couple of miles. 52
miles does sound incredible .... hope they wire up Houston so everyone
can get free wifi all around the city instead of the bozo's that were
hired and never delivered.

See this page regarding password strength....

https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm